Improvement in steam wash-boilers



J'. T. BROWN.

STEAM WASH BOILER. N6.-174,4a69. Patented-March 7,1876;

INVENTOB MJM ' manner l NJEI'ERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D. G.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFrIon.

JAMES T. BROWN, or SARANAO, MICHIGAN, AssieNoe TO HIMSELF AND MARIONCRANE, or sAMn PLACE.

.IMPRQVEMENT lN STEAM WASH-BOILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [74,469, dated March 7,1876; application filed December 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES T. BROWN, of

Saranac, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, haveinvented anew and useful lmprovement in Steam Wash-Boiler, of which the followingis-a specification:

Figure l is a top view of my improved washboiler, the cover beingremoved, and part being broken away to show the construction.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, part being broken away to show theconstruction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of theboiler known as the Munger boiler, so as to make it more convenient inuse and more'effective in operation.

The invention consists in connecting a furnace and heater with 'boilerby pipes placed as and for the purpose specified hereinafter.

A is the furnace, which is made tubular in form and open at both ends,and has a grate, a, at its lower end to receive the fire. The

furnace A is surrounded with a case, B, of a receives the clothes, andis connected with said boiler U by the pipes D and E. The pipe D isconnected at one end with the lower part of the water-heating chamber B,and its other end enters the middle part of the bottom of the boiler G.The pipe E is connected at one end with the upper part of thewaterheating chamber B, and its other end enters the middle part ofthe-side of the boiler O,

. and projects within said boiler far enough to receive the cap F uponsaid end. G are two pipes, the lower ends of which are connected withthe opposite sides of the upper part of the water-heatingchamber B, andtheir upper ends are curved inward, and are connected with the oppositesides of the boiler 0, near its top. The boiler 0 is provided with afalse bottom, H, which is perforated, and has a flange upon its lowerside to rest upon the bottom of the boiler O. The false bottom H keepsthe clothes from resting upon bottom of the boiler O, and being forcedintothe pipe D, while its perforations allow the water to pass throughfreely. The boiler G is provided with a closely-fitting cover, I, toconfine the steam while the washing is being done.

The machine is provided with legs J of such a length as to support it ata convenient height.

In using the machine, the cap]? is removed, and water is poured into theboiler C until it stands above the level of the pipe E. The

fire is then started, and when the water is hot a part of said water isdipped out, and the clothes are put in, care being taken to spread themout evenly. The cap F is then put upon the end of the pipe E, and thecover I is puton. The water and steam pass up through the pipes G, aredischarged upon the clothes, pass through the clothes, and pass back tothe heater A B through the pipe D, washing the clothes very quickly.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The furnace A and heater B, arranged as shown anddescribed, and connected with boiler .by means of pipes D E G, as andfor the purpose set forth.

JAMES T. BROWN. Witnesses:

' MARIONGRANE,

JOHN D. SAGKETT.

